Archive for the 'Folk' Category

Le Bourbon Restaurant: French Cuisine in Budapest Le Meridien Hotel

Le Bourbon Restaurant located in downtown Budapest Le Meridien Hotel, one of the five-star luxury hotels in the capital of Hungary, serves high-end French cuisine. The restaurant has been picked by Chew, the Hungarian food blog amongst its ever-changing Top-33 list, which helps tourists to find the best restaurants in Budapest, Hungary. Le Bourbon boasts […]

Dining in Budapest: Lángos, the filling snack

Lángos (say lahn-gosh) is a sort of salty fried dough, usually served with sour cream (tejföl in Hungarian) and grated cheese. It was originally a by-product of making bread. There are all sorts of toppings, including cabbage, mushroom, beef, ham, etc.
Tips: put some garlic sauce, or rub lots of garlic on top of the […]

Vásárcsarnok in Budapest: Central Market Hall

Vásárcsarnok (Central Market Hall) in Budapest offers a great rustic market experience in a beautiful building: you can buy several Hungaricums, as well as organic vegetables, home-made andouille sausages, salamis, pastries, etc. Great place for buying gifts, souvenirs (e.g. Szeged or Kalocsa paprika, embroidered tablecloths, blouses, Hungarian spirits like Zwack Unicum, cans of goose liver, […]

Are You a Bela Bartok Fan?

If you are a Bartok fan and you like time travel in a beautiful environment in the tranquil part of Budapest, you must see Bela Bartok’s house turned into a museum, now called the Bela Bartok Memorial House. The good thing is that it is more than a museum: in 1981, there was a concert […]